Displaced civilians are scrambling for food and safety as the Arakan Army advances on the state capital, a resident tells The Irrawaddy.
Dr. Tayzar San, who led the country’s first anti-coup protest, discusses revolutionary unity, ethnic diversity, conscription, China, and more in a wide-ranging interview with The Irrawaddy.
A journalist describes how she sacrificed the chance of sanctuary overseas to join the struggle against a brutal military dictatorship.
The parallel government’s Humanitarian Affairs Minister explains that the current plan will reach only a tiny fraction of the 18.6 million people in need while handing the junta a propaganda...
The revolutionary governments emerging in Karenni and elsewhere could allow international aid to be delivered in a new way, Sir Charles Petrie told The Irrawaddy.
The Rakhine State capital is emptying as the Arakan Army approaches. A remaining resident told The Irrawaddy that regime administrators have allegedly already fled.
New charter from committee of 12 political parties provides a template for creating a federal system of government to reflect Myanmar’s diversity.
Observers tell The Irrawaddy that regime chief Min Aung Hlaing is getting desperate by calling up hostile civilians.
Veteran democracy activist Ko Mya Aye, a former 88 Generation student leader, tells The Irrawaddy how he sees Myanmar’s crisis.
Video journalist Ma Aye Mi San of the Democratic Voice of Burma tells The Irrawaddy about the pain of recording rights abuses since the 2021 coup.
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